The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-04

pany. as well as large lot Of the new-style 7
steel cable rails. These rails are something new
and very superior for cable roads, and the yokes
Delng made for the North Chicago are much heav-
Ter than those made by the railmill company for
the St Louis cable road. Seven new furnaces
Tor the manufacture of channel or beam iron are
nearly ready for firing at the rail mill, and this
class OF architectural iron is to be made spe-
ciaity at this extensive mill"
Tie government officials are stirring the
pennsylvania Company up over the frequency
tnat their fast mail trains reach Western points
late, ana this has lea to the Pennsylvania Com
pany, IN connection with the Vandaiia, again
putting on the through train to haul only mail
and express matter, and it is understood that
the time between Now York and St. Louis is to
be shortened two hours or more, and the fast
mail train will reach Indianapolis at 8 P. NJ In
stead OF 10 P NJ, as formerly This will land
| the mails for the West in st. Louis in ample
time for proper distribution on the early deliv-
| cries and enable the St Louis postofice to get
| OF onttbe first trains west in the morning all
/ the w estern mail matter.
/ OF late years an expires IS messenger needs to
De as we'll posted as to the geography of the
country, as to by what railroads the towns and
cities In the Union are reached, as does rail
way mail clerk, as the express business is now
| operated much after the plan of the postal serv
ice. only much more perfect. Formerly pack
| ages and freight were billed to certain point,
then unloaded laid over at some prominent bill
| ing point, then rebilleG and forwarded. Now
n
over the proper route. and it is not an uncom
| mon thing for express package, in the carry
ing of it 900 to 4 600 miles, to make twelve to
twenty -four hours better time than does letter
| sent by mail. As result a better informed
class OF messengers are required than were in
| the service a few years ago, unless 1t be on the
| local runs. where messenger has been running
| from the days of his youth For this must be
said In favor of the express companies, If a man
is faithful in their service they retain him in
| their employ and when old age overtakes him
and the company 'told boss him, as the saying
ls, they retire MIN on half pay.
| Col Joseph Hill, superintendent of the Van
dalia, has been looking matters over the last few
| days to see where something be done to i'm
prove the physical condition of this excellent
| property. So perfect is the track that lit
tie can be done except to straghten curves; cut
down grades and fill hollows, and this is Of
Colonel Hills hobbies, and should he remain on
this road another ten years, as he doubtless Will
II his life is spared, it is predicted that the
grades will be so light this road that an or
binary engine will readily haul forty loaded cars
over any part of the system. So far as equip
ments are concerned, but few roads in the coun-
try have heavier or better class of locomotives
and Messenger and freight cars than is found on
the Vandalia. The power. practically speaking
is all new. Engines which have not been pur
chased in the last two years have been rebuilt
and are in every respect good new. The
power will be increased this year by the purchase
of five more of the heavy Pittsburg engines
stock trains, which they run nearly on passenger
train time
The item which appeared in the Journal or
Tuesday morning to the effect that the manage
ment of the Wabash road had commenced t.
close their hospitals, which were established
! few years ago. has created good deal of uneasi
ness along the line of the road, much. IL
J fact that committee of the employees called a
the Journal Office yesterday to state the situa
ton, the item being unjust. They state tina
the hospital at Danville, H.. is the only on,
> which is to be closed. and this for the reason
, that it is not needed, those at Springfield. ILL.,
| and at Peru, Ind, being all that is needed Il
q properly care for the employees who are sick o.
injured, and being the most conveniently 10
Gated. The value of these hospitals is shown il
I the fact that in the year 1856 average of fiji
teen patients per day were cared for. and 500
Q prescriptions were given to employees, it bein,
this custom, if an employe is taken i'll at an,
point on the road. to send in for medicine, mel
Q often being somewhat i'll but not sick enough t
8 go to the hospital One of the committee state
1 that the warmest friends to the hospitals at tn
present time those who were the most bite
t | o6ponents to their establishment in the begin
ming. They have seen what blessing they ar
: to the men, who better cared for in one Q
. | these hospitals than they could possibly be a
| the most comfortable home, as the best of ply
scians and nurses and the purest drugs an
medicines found at these establishments.
g In commenting on. the election of James
0 Laying, president of the Bee-iine. the Clevelan
( | Leader says: st naR been an open secret tina
| he stood high in the esteem of the Vanderbilt
! as an efficient manager and it was probably thi
a fact that coupled his name with the Bee-lin
presidency last spring. He is ifty-three year
!, of age. and has had railroad experience c
q thirty eight years climbing to the front throue
: the engineering department, a branch of raj
. roading in which most general managers an
presidents have commenced their career. /
1S49 he entered railroad sorvIce. at the age
!, sixteen years as rodman the engineer corp
of the Ohio e. Pennsylvania railroad, no.
Q merged in the Pittsburg Fort Wayne & Chico
!, GO. Within a year he assistant engineer G
construction on the road. In 1851 he b,
> came resident engineer Of construction on tn
a Steubenville & Indiana, part of the Par
= handle system. He filled the same position o
the Cleveland & Mahoning from Noveu
q Der, 1853, to January, 1885, vine
/ he returned to the Steubenvlll
: 81 Indiana and was successfully chief engineer
maintenance of way and superintendent. I
q 1865, at the age of thirty-two. he appointe
9 superintendent of the eastern division Of tn
Q Pittsburg Fort Wayne & Chicago and six year
IS later became assistant general manager of tn
n Pennsylvania Company's lines. He was promote
= to the general management in 1874 and served i
d that capacity until July 1881, when he resgne
r to accept the general SUPPLEMENTARY of tn
Il Chicago & Northwestern. Eighteen month
IS later he was appointed to his present posltio
n with the West Shore
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